At the March 7, 2016 Board of Commissioners Meeting, the Board approved awarding the contract for solid waste services to Advanced Disposal for a 7-year term at a cost of $14.25 per household (the current rate is $14.34) for all new trucks and carts. As part of that motion, the Board directed staff to work with Advanced Disposal to determine if any additional savings can be effective in the final contract and report back to the Town Board with the results.
Staff reported back on the options for savings at the April 4th Town Board meeting and staff is formally presenting them at the April 18th meeting as we need policy decisions from the Board as it relates to potential savings in the next contract on two items:
(1) Continuing with existing carts with an estimated 30% replacement over the seven year life of the next contract versus going with all new carts, branded with the town logo;
and
(2) Continuing to provide service under a residential contract to as many as 200+ grandfathered businesses in the downtown/old town area versus discontinuing service to those businesses and removing them from the household count under the contract.
These will have implications as to the amount of savings but will also impact the level of service provided to the residents. Once we have the Board's decision, we will finalize and execute the contract as the Board authorized the Town Manager to do on March 7th.